Sacred Assemblies and Civic Engagement : : How Religion Matters for America's Newest Immigrants / / Fred Kniss, Paul D Numrich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Numrich, Paul D,; Kniss, Fred,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 14

Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of America's history. Currently, about 40 percent of the nation's annual population growth comes from the influx of foreign-born individuals and their children. As these new voices enter America's public conversations, they bring with them a new understanding of Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity to a society that has been marked by religious variety. Sacred Assemblies and Civic Engagement takes an in-depth look at one particular urban area-the Chicago metropolitan region-and examines how religion affects the civic engagement of the nation's newest residents. Chapters focus on important religious factors, including sectarianism, moral authority, and moral projects; on several areas of social life, including economics, education, marriage, and language, where religion impacts civic engagement; and on how notions of citizenship and community are influenced by sacred assemblies.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- PART ONE. RELIGION MATTERS -- 2. Purity and Protest: Sectarianism and Immigrant Civic Engagement -- 3. Locating the Moral Authority of Immigrant Congregations -- 4. The Moral Projects of Immigrant Congregations -- PART TWO. SACRED ASSEMBLIES IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS -- 5. "Making It in America": Occupational and Economic Adaptation in Immigrant Congregations -- 6. Religion, Education, and Civic Tensions in Immigrant Congregations -- 7. Marriage Patterns in Immigrant Congregations: Implications for Social Distance and Group Identity -- 8. Language in Immigrant Congregations: Religious and Civic Considerations -- PART THREE. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT -- 9. Individual Engagement: Citizenship in Immigrant Religions -- 10. Organizational Engagement: The Ecology of Immigrant Congregations -- 11. When and How Religion Matters for Immigrant Civic Engagement -- Appendix A: Research Sites -- Appendix B: Sectarianism Coding for Research Sites -- Notes -- References -- Index